episode_0046

Why are you asking that?

Do you want one for yourself too?

I seriously thought about it, but I couldn’t help but smile. Prince Evan is said to be planning to become a foreigner later, but the second prince is planning to become the crown prince of the country later.

“The cub I was taking care of got hit… … ”

I spoke a little hesitantly.

It is a bit wrong to say that I ‘raised’ it. Wolves are different from dogs. If you want to ‘raise’ a dog in the house, you really have to take care of everything from beginning to end, but wolves are not creatures that can be raised that way.

The Gray pack, which considers me the leader, basically survives by hunting and catching food on its own. Although I go out to bring them food periodically, that is not the only way they make a living.

It is wrong to say that I raised him because he considers me the head, not the owner.

“I see.”

Prince Allen nodded with a stern expression,

“Why did you do that?”

“Yes?”

I asked a very unexpected question.

“I asked why he gave me such a gift.”

“Uh… … .”

For a moment, I was speechless because I couldn’t understand the intention of the question.

Why?

I just thought it would be a good idea to do it that way.

I became close to Prince Evan, and at that time I thought the dogs were cute in my own way, and I thought that if the number increased too much, problems would arise, so I thought it would be okay to give away at least one dog that was already like this.

Even though I wasn’t the one raising the wolf pack, I still had the responsibility to manage it since I was the leader.

And not only did I try to sell it to Prince Evan, but I also tried to sell it to Amelia. Amelia just refused.

“May I ask what is the reason for this?”

Amelia, who was listening to the story next to me, spoke up instead of me who was speechless.

“… … My brother, you started to feel strange after going to Delkisi.”

And Prince Allen said that with a surprisingly serious expression.

The height itself was almost 10 centimeters shorter than Prince Evan’s, but he was still around the early 170s. Although his face still looked young, it wasn’t as tall as ours.

“ Aside from raising that ridiculously large wolf, you act as if you have forgotten all the rules of etiquette you normally follow. When you let the wolf out of the house, you go out and sleep next to it, too. Expensive clothes. After removing all decorations, don’t you claim that ‘these things are completely useless in terms of the function of clothes’… … .”

uh… … .

I’ve tried some of these before, so it’s a little bit prickly.

For example, sleeping outside with wolves was something I did too. Although we didn’t always stay outside together, I often got caught up in the wolves’ midst and fell asleep buried in their warm fur, and then went in late at night and got scolded.

The same goes for clothes. The so-called ‘pretty clothes’ were uncomfortable in many ways for walking around outdoors, so Prince Amelia Anna saw with his own eyes that people went around with wolves and took off the skins of the game they caught and made them into clothes.

And etiquette… … In fact, there are times when Delki City doesn’t care much about etiquette. In times of emergency, hunters sometimes use short language with nobles.

“There is no way that everything in your life has changed in just over a month. Isn’t it just because you realized something on your own?”

“How on earth do I have to realize something so that I can throw away what I learned like that?”

While I was worried, a war of words broke out between Amelia and Prince Allen.

“You may have been trying to get rid of things that are not necessary.”

“There is nothing that is not necessary in the teachings a prince receives. Even fancy decorations and customs that seem old at first glance are all necessary to show authority as a superior. My brother threw them all away after visiting Delkisi. .”

“Are you saying that Prince Evan has fallen behind in his studies and swordsmanship since he went to Delkisi?”

“… … .”

Prince Allen kept his mouth shut in response to Amelia’s rebuttal.

“That’s… … But… … .”

“If Prince Evan’s attitude has changed and he is diligently studying and learning swordsmanship, wouldn’t it be possible to say that there is nothing fundamentally wrong?”

“… … .”

Prince Allen closed his mouth and glared at Amelia with a furrowed face. Amelia raised her chin slightly and confidently received the gaze.

That’s amazing. If it were me, it would have been incredibly uncomfortable. Well, the positions of the baron’s daughter and the grand duchess of the grand dukedom were completely different.

“But… … No, no, that’s fundamentally something… … It’s wrong.”

“If you want to claim that something is wrong, you need to tell us exactly what that mistake is. No matter how royal it is, I think there must be a good reason to blame the daughter of a noble family, even if it is faint, with royal blood.◦# ◦

Ah, that’s right.

Since Delki City inherited the blood of the Grand Duke family, strictly speaking, its ancestors were the royal family. Although the blood passed down was so thin that the family was now almost unrelated genetically.

“So, you’re saying there’s nothing wrong with you?”

“Of course.”

Amelia declared confidently.

“The only thing we know for sure is that Prince Evan went to Delkisi. No one forced Prince Evan to change. If anything changed, it was because Prince Evan changed himself, so how can we? It’s not something you can do.”

Amelia paused for a moment and then continued speaking.

“And, the reason why author Delkisi Nam had such a unique family custom was because he had to fend off unidentified barbarians coming down from the north. Not only the Delkisi family, but all the noble families in the country each had their own family customs. I have it. And isn’t it excessive interference on the part of the royal family to carelessly try to eliminate such family customs? ”

“That’s a big leap. I’m not trying to disparage Delkish’s method.”

When I think about the way he looked at me when he first saw me, it seemed like he was thinking ‘already putting me down.’

“According to that logic, I only said that my brother had become strange, and I did not say a single word to shift responsibility to Lady Delkisi. I only asked the reason.”

Prince Allen said that as if he was annoyed, then turned his gaze towards me again and said.

“So, I will ask you one more time. Why did you give such a gift to your brother? I will get the answer from the Lady Delkisi herself, not from the Lady of Grattenmount. Because I just want to hear her intentions.”

When Amelia opened her mouth to defend me again, Prince Allen quickly added, cutting her off.

“… … I am.”

Surely, if I stay still, only Amelia will get tired.

Even after hearing those words from the prince, Amelia tried to open her mouth, so I quickly opened my mouth and spoke before Amelia.

“I just wanted to give the wolf under me a cub and give it as a gift to the prince who is leaving Delkish. We went through battles together, so we became friends, so I wanted to give him an unforgettable gift.”

In fact, it is not uncommon for noble families to present special products of their territory to visiting royals.

And the northern wolf is found only in the north.

Besides, I am the only one who can completely control that wolf.

If it’s a specialty, it’s a specialty.

“… … So you’re saying they gave him a live wolf? A wolf that could swallow a human head in one bite?”

“I gave it to Prince Evan because I thought he could handle it. Prince Evan agreed, and I told Prince Evan everything he needed to know.”

I told him in advance everything I knew about wolves until then. In fact, after listening to the story, it seems that Prince Evan put that into practice the entire time he was raising Robbo.

“Don’t you know that scars were left on your body while trying to tame that wolf?”

“And in the end, we succeeded in controlling the robot.”

I need to make that clear.

“That means that Prince Evan is so capable. I saw him fighting there and decided that I could trust him, so I entrusted him with that.”

“Brother?You were only ten years old at the time?”

“And he saved me when I was seven years old. By swinging a knife himself.”

“… … .”

“Prince Evan is such a brave person.”

When I declared, Prince Allen kept his mouth shut.

“I don’t know where Prince Allen was and what he was doing at that time, but Prince Evan at least had the courage to fight while swinging his sword in that urgent situation. Even if I could see it with my own eyes as a Delkish person.”

“Heung.”

Prince Allen snorted at my words.

“For now, I understand. I wasted time. Let’s go back.”

… … If that sounds like ‘I wasted my time’, it’s probably not because of my mood, right?